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<blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 865394" data-attributes="member: 7171"><p>After this upcoming draft, the bar may be raised to new height$ that could be unreachable for other small or otherwise unsuitable venues, especially for a tiny market like Green Bay. It will be interesting to see how the 2020 NFL Draft impacts the NFL's choice of venues for the future.</p><p></p><p>It is being projected that the attendance in Las Vegas, my home for the past 30 years, could be upwards of 200,000 and possibly as high as 300,000. No big deal for Las Vegas since it is built to accommodate that many visitors all at once. Las Vegas routinely handles 42 million visitors annually and has the 8th busiest airport in the USA.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Las Vegas has 152,275 hotel rooms spread across a total of 355 hotels.</strong> Add the RV parks, Airbnb and similar rentals, plus routine daily commute shuttles from L.A. and other relatively nearby areas. Those can be arranged as they already are for large conventions and trade shows. This means Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other city in the United States, plus the capacity for many, many more on the periphery (by commute). <strong>There are more than 62,000 hotel rooms on the Las Vegas strip alone</strong>. That does not include downtown Las Vegas. Of the biggest hotels in the world, 15 of these are in Las Vegas. The hotels range from basic hotels to hotel/casino combinations. Some of these also have resort qualities with pools, entertainment outside of the casino complex, restaurants, and shopping. There is no need for the NFL to hire outside entertainment since it's already built-in to the tourist infrastructure. It is also worth mentioning that the April weather is usually fantastic.</p><p></p><p>How will Green Bay handle enough visitors to be considered as a viable venue for hosting such an event?</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, Green Bay is a wonderful city in which to live and raise a family. I'm an ex-pat myself and it was my career that took me to a number of other places over several decades, not anything negative about WI. In many important ways, I would give the nod to Green Bay as one of the most liveable cities anywhere.</p><p></p><p>But hosting an event for the NFL -- an institution that is powerfully driven at all its levels by higher profits and salaries -- is yet another matter. If Green Bay is ever chosen to host the NFL draft it would have to be because of sentiment rather than profit. That seems counterintuitive in today's NFL.</p><p></p><p>Again, not a knock on Green Bay but just a reality check for what may actually be the deciding factors in choosing where the future drafts will be held. The only hope that Green Bay and other smaller NFL cities may have is that there are some agreements in place made behind the scenes that would put the draft in other than the usual large venues that would typically be chosen for hosting such events. </p><p></p><p>Green Bay is a historic and quaint place to attend an NFL game, the best venue and atmosphere of any stadium that I have ever attended for an NFL game, bar none. That's pretty special as it is IMHO. But I doubt that would be the deciding factor for a non-game event that encourages heavy attendance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sky King, post: 865394, member: 7171"] After this upcoming draft, the bar may be raised to new height$ that could be unreachable for other small or otherwise unsuitable venues, especially for a tiny market like Green Bay. It will be interesting to see how the 2020 NFL Draft impacts the NFL's choice of venues for the future. It is being projected that the attendance in Las Vegas, my home for the past 30 years, could be upwards of 200,000 and possibly as high as 300,000. No big deal for Las Vegas since it is built to accommodate that many visitors all at once. Las Vegas routinely handles 42 million visitors annually and has the 8th busiest airport in the USA. [B] Las Vegas has 152,275 hotel rooms spread across a total of 355 hotels.[/B] Add the RV parks, Airbnb and similar rentals, plus routine daily commute shuttles from L.A. and other relatively nearby areas. Those can be arranged as they already are for large conventions and trade shows. This means Las Vegas has more hotel rooms than any other city in the United States, plus the capacity for many, many more on the periphery (by commute). [B]There are more than 62,000 hotel rooms on the Las Vegas strip alone[/B]. That does not include downtown Las Vegas. Of the biggest hotels in the world, 15 of these are in Las Vegas. The hotels range from basic hotels to hotel/casino combinations. Some of these also have resort qualities with pools, entertainment outside of the casino complex, restaurants, and shopping. There is no need for the NFL to hire outside entertainment since it's already built-in to the tourist infrastructure. It is also worth mentioning that the April weather is usually fantastic. How will Green Bay handle enough visitors to be considered as a viable venue for hosting such an event? Don't get me wrong, Green Bay is a wonderful city in which to live and raise a family. I'm an ex-pat myself and it was my career that took me to a number of other places over several decades, not anything negative about WI. In many important ways, I would give the nod to Green Bay as one of the most liveable cities anywhere. But hosting an event for the NFL -- an institution that is powerfully driven at all its levels by higher profits and salaries -- is yet another matter. If Green Bay is ever chosen to host the NFL draft it would have to be because of sentiment rather than profit. That seems counterintuitive in today's NFL. Again, not a knock on Green Bay but just a reality check for what may actually be the deciding factors in choosing where the future drafts will be held. The only hope that Green Bay and other smaller NFL cities may have is that there are some agreements in place made behind the scenes that would put the draft in other than the usual large venues that would typically be chosen for hosting such events. Green Bay is a historic and quaint place to attend an NFL game, the best venue and atmosphere of any stadium that I have ever attended for an NFL game, bar none. That's pretty special as it is IMHO. But I doubt that would be the deciding factor for a non-game event that encourages heavy attendance. [/QUOTE]
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